Genetic testing and real people

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It is a false assumption to say that a healthy baby will equate to a happy, successful life for parents and child

Sir, While the voices of scientific experts and charities are prominent in
your articles (“Baby test breakthrough”, report
and commentary,
Dec 9, and letter,
Dec 10) on the development of a new technique for the genetic testing of
unborn babies, the voices of those most affected by this scientific
advancement are missing.

Where are the views of people who have grown up with a serious medical
condition to counteract the assumption that living with such a condition is
a life not worth living? Caroline Wright’s commentary does little to dispel
the assumed link between the seriousness of a medical condition